[ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 10 January 2014
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This set contains the complete music for cello solo, cello and piano and offers a world premiere, the cello sonata in A major, a charming piece in Schubertian style, written by the 13‐year old Benjamin.
Britten's friendship with the great Russian cellist Mstslav Rostropovich inspired him to write these masterpieces for the cello: the three suites for cello solo, a 20‐th century tribute to Bach's solo suites, and the sonata for cello and piano, a dark, dramatic work, brimming with passion and vitality.
Alexander Ivashkin is considered a "prodigious cellist" by Rostropovich himself, a better recommendation is hardly imaginable.
New recordings, liner notes written by the artist.
Sonata for Cello and Piano in A (world premiere recording)
Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65
Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3
Temas 'Sacher'